In which we end up back where the whole thing started ...
We had my favorite thing - a slow start! Rick was feeling some nerves about approaching the Harrison Boat Yard with the swift current that can come through Kent Narrows, so we waited for slack tide. Once again we were alone in a peaceful anchorage. All the day-trippers went home last night - we acted all superior and rolled our eyes and said 'dilettantes', not like those of us who LIVE on the boat. Then I reminded Rick that we have been 'living' on said boat for less then a week, and he was all 'WHAT? No WAY?!?!' It does seem like a month - not sure if that is a good or bad sign.
Rick had enough time on his hands to MAKE BREAD. ON A BOAT. Gosh, I married well.
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| We almost left with a stowaway - It gives a whole new meaning to the term Duck Boat! |
It was a sunny and windy day out - perfect for regattas:
It was a quick jump to Harrison, and Rick made the bow-in docking look like child's play! Harrison is where, just about two years ago (back when we had disposable income) we bought the boat - with the help of our friend Rick Dillman (boat broker extraordinaire). Thanks Rick! (I think). It's apparently now just as hard to buy a boat as it is a house. The piers around us, usually bursting with boats for sale, are pretty empty - and almost every boat has an 'Under Contract' sign on it. So, basically, the 'essential workers' stayed on the front lines, and fell further behind - and the rich got to work from home and get richer/buy boats. On that happy note I'll leave you with the requisite ridiculously-pretty sunset shot.
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| Testing out my new zoom camera! |
We are a stone's through from the hopping crab restaurant area - fortunately it's Sunday so it's a LITTLE quieter than usual. Happily (that's sharkcasm) the noise of the express way drowns out other ambient noise...
WAIT - why ARE we here at Harrison's??????????
Uh-oh. Rick's favorite mechanic is here..... Rick has some 'splainin' to do..... I need to get to the bottom of this. I'll be back.
Glad to see you're back on the water. I was going to tell you how the Delaware Bay is to horseshoe crabs in May what Florida is to college kids in March. But I see you're not fans of horseshoe crabs. And maybe you don't want to think too hard about college kids on spring break. Let's go with Burning Man. If you make it across the canal in the next week or so, the great arthropod mating frenzy is something to behold: these prehistoric creatures climbing over one another three or four deep. Eggs by the millions! And there in lies the tale. Red knots fly nonstop from South America to Delaware Bay, gorge themselves on horseshoe crab eggs until they double their weight, then fly to their nesting grounds in the Arctic. You can add red knots to your life list in Delaware Bay, the Arctic tundra or Tierra del Fuego. Ruddy turnstones also time their migration to the Arctic to take advantage of the horseshoe crab eggs. Ahh, the interdependence of nature.
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Are you back "on the water road" once again??? It seems we are missing some of your recent entries.....
ReplyDeleteHappy Long Weekend ahead..that might mean busier waterways so have extra good times with your local friends!
Is there anything Richard CANNOT do? How wonderful.
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